prorex

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prorex.

Noun

prorex

1. (obsolete) viceroy
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:

     Nay, pray you let him ſtay a greater
     Fits Menaphon, than warring with a Thiefe:
     Create him Prorex of Affrica,
     That he may win the Babilonians hearts,
     Which will reuolt from Perſean gouernment,
     Unleſſe they haue a wiſer King than you.

Anagrams

• Proxer